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bifl'uc 8C The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Sunday, Nov. 25, 1984 Israelis see to fight a lost causb an: Mrs. Robert (Irene) Hassell Services for Mrs. Robert (Irene) Hassell will be at 2 p.m. today at Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home with the Rev.

Kenton Bur-nette officiating. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery. Mrs. Hassell, a retired employee of Kisber's department store, died Thursday night at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital after a three-week illness. Shewas born in Sheffield, daughter of the late John T.

and Mary McDaniel Vaughn, and moved as a young woman to Jackson. She was married to her husband in 1938 and he died in 1948. Mrs. Hassell was a member of First United Methodist Church and Tri-Mu Sunday School Class. of its teeth to get back what we had before one Israeli soldier was killed," Greenberg said.

"Uniformed soldiers are seen everywhere in Israeli. Both men and women do service after high school and men serve in the reserves until the age of 55. Reservists are the backbone of the army, numbering about of the 540,000 troops, according to the Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University. Troops on their way to the front often are given free food and coffee, and newspapers regularly run advertisements encouraging drivers to pick up hitchhiking soldiers. Those who choose not to join their colleagues in Lebanon put themselves completely outside the social mainstream.

About 140 Israeli soldiers have been jailed for refusing Lebanon duty. Many said their commanders were reluctant to court-martial them, and only did so after hours of arguments. "My commander asked me to go home and think about it. He said he didn't agree with the war either, but we have to follow orders," Menuhin said. The refusal movement sprang up after the 1982 invasion into Lebanon, although there had been previous isolated cases of soldiers refusing to serve in the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River.

The movement, known as Yesh Gvul (There's a Limit) split from the larger, more popular Peace Now organization, which demonstrated against the Lebanon war but said everyone had a duty to serve. Most Israelis agreed. Besides being jailed, conscientious objectors often were criticized sharply especially by the men in their unit who fought, and sometimes died, in Lebanon. "One or two people in my-unit were straight against me," said 1st Sgt. Naom Kaminer.

"They said, 'You deserve a bullet in your Brig. Gen. Yaacov Even, the chief army spokesman, accused conscientious objectors of "undercutting the foundations of our society. We just can't have Such criticism was hard to take because the soldiers who refused to go to Lebanon, like their colleagues, largely believe in the army as an institution. "Many felt very guilty about not going when their friends were." The price they paid for refusing was mostly on this issue," said Yehuda Meltzer, a founding member of Yesh Gvul.

But it is primarily the perceived lack of success of their actions that left many conscientious objectors uncertain about whether they would refuse to serve again. Kaminer spent 28 days in jail in October, and has been recalled to Lebanon in December. He's not sure what he will do. "We're talking about principles, of course," said Kaminer, 31, But no one wants to be a martyr for no reason." TEL AVIV, Israel AP) Many Israeli soldiers who refused to serve in the Lebanon war say their own battle taught them a lesson in a land where fighting to survive is a national credo, civil disobedience in wartime doesn't do much good. For Capt.

Ehud Ben Seadia, it meant the loss of a job and 28 days in jail. Lt. Ishay Menuhin's colleagues called him a traitor; he spent 35 days as an inmate. "And the worst thing is, we're still there (in Lebanon)," said Sgt. Joel Greenberg, 28 a Philadelphia-born Israeli who lost his position as squad leader when he refused to go to Lebanon.

Like the other conscientious objectors, he isn't sure he will refuse again. "We demonstrated. We went to jail. But I'm not sure we accomplished anything," said Ben Seadia, an army reservist like Menu-hin and Greenberg. "And I'm not that innocent anymore about our ability as individuals to affect society." Ben Seadia was told he couldn't be hired by a quasi-governmental agency because he refused Lebanon duty.

Guidelines set down by the Israeli Supreme Court say it is unlawful to refuse military duty on moral grounds. However, ultra-orthodox Jews are exempt from military duty to permit them to study in seminaries. Those who have been sentenced to jail for refusing to serve in Lebanon have been tried on charges of violating army regulations which forbid soldiers to refuse assignments. They are not pacifists people who refuse to bear arms for any cause. Israelis who have refused to serve in Lebanon have for the most part been willing to ac-cept duty elsewhere either before or after rejecting assignments in Lebanon.

Because of Israel's small population (4 million), "anyone who lives here has to defend the country," one military man commented. But in much of Israel now, there's optimistic talk about the conflict ending in Lebanon for Israelis and because Prime Minister Shimon Peres says he is committed to "bringing our boys home." The men who resisted first and hardest, however, don't sound so optimistic. "The Lebanon war taught us you can't solve the Palestinian problem by fighting," Ben Seadia said in an interview. "But you also can't solve it by sitting around talking, unless the Palestinian people are represented in those talks." Although Israel has dislodged the Palestine Liberation Organization from southern Lebanon, the PLO remains a political force in the region and Palestinian guerrillas have been replaced by a new Shiite Moslem enemy born from an angry local population. Many Israelis fear the religious extremists among the Shiites may be more willing to die, and thus more dangerous, than the PLO.

"Israel is working by the skin Oscar Rice Essary MILAN Services for Oscar Rice Essary, 84, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Bodkin Funeral Home with the Rev. Don Parks officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Mr.

Essary, a retired farmer, died Saturday morning at his home after a long illness-. A member of Salem United Methodist Church, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Las-ter Essary, and a son, Oscar Essary Jr. Survivors include four sons, Leslie Essary and George Dwayne Essary, both of Greenfield, Frank Essary of Milan and Ernest Ray Essary of Louisville, two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Martin of Milan and Mrs. Mary Ruth Smith of Memphis; three sisters, Mrs.

Emily Camp of Jackson, Mrs. Georgia Corder of Gibson and Mrs. Myrtis Brasher of Atwood; a brother, Levi Essary of Matthews, 1.5 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Ruth I.

Johnson Services for Mrs. Ruth I. Johnson, 69, were Saturday at Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home with Dr. John Lee Taylor officiating. Burial was in McNairy County's Milledgeville Cemetery.

Mrs. Johnson, wife of Amos C. Johnson, died Friday morning at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital after a long illness. She was born in Milledgeville, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.

Homer Birmingham, educated in schools and was a Baptist. Also surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Joyce Ross and Mrs. Lorraine Hatridge, both of Jackson, Mrs. Marilyn Robson of Nashville and Mrs.

Faye Deterding of Olive Branch, a son, William E. Canaday of Jackson three brothers, Thurman Birmingham and James Birmingham, both of Jackson, and Gerald Birmingham of Saltillo; and seven grandchildren. Mrs. Jennie Lee Reasons TRENTON Services for Mrs. Jennie Lee Reasons, 82, will be at 2 p.m.

Monday at Center Baptist Church with the Rev. Clyde Hamilton officiating. Burial will be in Salem Cemetery near Gadsden with Friendship Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Reasons, wife of James Ira Reasons, died Saturday at Gibson General Hospital after a long illness.

She was a member of Center Baptist Church. She was born and lived most of her life in Crockett County but had lived near Trenton the past 31 years. Besides her husband, she leaves five daughters, Mrs. Edna Holden of Trenton, Mrs. Peggy Henderson of Gadsden, Mrs.

Betty DeLoach of Humboldt, Mrs. Merle Springer of Bolivar and Mrs. Doris Smith of Memphis; four sons, James Reasons of Alamo, Marshall Reasons of Humboldt, Wayne Reasons of Rossville and Jerry Reasons of Memphis; 19 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Zula Petty Dorris Services for Mrs.

Zula Petty Dorris, 84, will be at 2 p.m. Mon- day at the South Chapel of George A. Smith and Sons with the Revs. C. H.

Fields, Joe Neal Bain and Truman Greer officiating. Burial will be in Liberty Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Dorris, widow of Johnny Dorris, died Saturday morning after a long illness at the home of her daughter, Marie Maroney of Jackson, where she had lived many years. She was born in Hardin County, daughter of the late Johnny and Cynthia Bain Petty.

She had lived most of her life in Madison County and was a member of Perry Switch Pentecostal Church. Besides Mrs. Maroney, she is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Gracie Jeter of Memphis; five sons, John Dorris, David Dorris and James Dorris, all of Jackson, Rybon Dorris of Waverly and Richard Dorris of Mount Vernon, 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be grandsons Ronnie Dorris, Larry P.

Dorris, Steve Dorris, Gary Dorris, Bruce Dorris, Richard Dorris, Tony Dorris, Barry Dorris and Tim Maroney. Mrs. Eva Perry Crawford DRESDEN Services for Mrs. Eva Perry Crawford, 68, will be at 7 tonight at Bowlin Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Griffin officiating.

Burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday in West Union Cemetery near Dresden. Mrs. Crawford, wife of Elvis Crawford, died Saturday morning at Hillview Nursing Home near Dresden after a long illness. She was a member of Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church near Dresden.

Besides her husband, she leaves a daughter, Mrs. Doris Allison of Knoxville; a son, David Crawford of Gleason; a sister, Mrs. Sylver Wilson of Dresden a brother, Paul D. Perry of Dresden; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Robert William Hartley CAMDEN Services for Robert William Hartley, 87, will be at I p.m.

today at Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home with the Rev. Leonard Greer officiating. Burial will be in Camden Cemetery. Mr. Hartley, a retired Chrysler Corp.

employee, died Thursday at Benton County General Hospital. He was a veteran of World War I. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Robbie Ballard Hartley, and a sister, Mrs. Betty Jordan of Nashville.

Joseph F. Hoskins RUTHERFORD Services for Joseph F. Hoskins, 62, will be at II a.m. Monday at Karnes and Son Funeral Home with the Rev. J.O.

Smothers officiating. Burial will be in Walnut Grove Cemetery near Rutherford. Mr. Hoskins, a contractor, died Saturday morning at Veterans Administration Hospital in Memphis after a long illness. He leaves a brother, Tom H.

Hoskins of Memphis and four sisters, Mrs. Mary Helen Bell and Mrs. Nancy Sawyer, both of Rutherford, and Mrs. Edith Nichols and Mrs. Lorene Smith, both of Memphis.

Mrs. Lillie Evans Mrs. Lillie Evans, 93, was pronounced dead Saturday night at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital after a long illness. Arrangments are incomplete with Bledsoe Funeral Home in Mrs. Grace Roland, FHC historian, dies HENDERSON Services for Mrs.

Grace Paysinger Roland, 88-year-old co-founder and former curator of Freed-Hardeman College's Historical Room, will be at 3 p.m. today at Henderson Church of Christ with FHC president E. Claude Gardner and Max Patterson officiating. Burial will be in Henderson City Cemetery with Casey Funeral Home in charge. Mrs.

Roland died at 12:30 p.m. Friday after a stroke at the home of her son, Dr. H.C. Roland of Knoxville. She was a member of Henderson Church of Christ.

She was born in McNairy County, daughter of the late Burton W. and Josie Hurley Paysinger, and grew up in the Essary community. She attended A.G. Freed Institute of Essary Springs and later Memphis State University. She was married to Clifford Paul Roland, also of Essary Springs, in 1916 and moved to Maury City where Roland was superintendent of schools.

In 1921 they moved to Henderson where Roland became associated with Freed-Hardeman College. Mrs. Roland worked at FHC as her husband's secretary and in later years they established the Historical Room at FHC and were the curators of it until 1983. In 1981, Mrs. Roland wrote and published "Walking Down Memory's Lane," giving much of the history of the Roland family and FHC as well as all the college's presidents A G.

Freed, N.B. Hardeman, W.C. Hall, A. Dixon and Gardner. Besides her husband, she leaves four sons, Paul Roland and Ike Roland, both of Jackson, Dr.

H.C. 'Mack" Roland of Knoxville and Dr. Charles Roland of Lexington, a daughter, Mrs. Josephine Riddick of Maury City; two sisters, Mrs. Lillie Isom and Mrs.

Mattye Derryberry, both of Corinth, 19 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Church of Christ elders will serve as active pallbearers and deacons as honorary pallbearers. Gerald Thomas Hayes PARSONS Services for Gerald Thomas Hayes, 54, will be at 2 p.m. today at Parsons Mor-; with the Rev. Bobby Barber and the Rev.

O.T. Cotrell officiat-. ing. Burial will be in Duke Ceme-' tery. Mr.

Hayes, a construction worker, died Friday morning at Decatur County General Hospital after a long illness. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Murline Hayes of Parsons; a daughter, Miss Geraldine Hayes of Parsons; a stepson, Billy Wayne Melton of Nashville; four stepdaughters, Mrs. Martha Faye Books, Mrs. Shirley Jean Sanders and Mrs.

Berlene Brody, all of Paragould, and Mrs. Sarah Carrington of Holladay; two brothers, Robert T. Hayes of Darden and Jerry L. Hayes of Lexington; two sisters, Mrs argie Hassell of Darden and Mrs. Joyce Hughes of St.

Louis; and a half sister, Mrs. Rachel Poole of Paris, Texas. Clarence Wilson BOLIVAR Services for Clarence E. Wilson, 82, will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Shackelford Fu- -C neral Home with the Rev.

L.W. Todd officiating. The body is to be cremated. Mr. Wilson died Friday morning at Community Hospital of Bolivar after a long illness.

He was a member of Grace Bap-tist Church of Sarasota, and the Carpenters' Union. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Kath- 'l arine "Katie Mae" Wilson; a son, Lawrence Wilson of Paynesville, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. lone Vail of New Orleans and Mrs. William Harris of Little Rock, Ark.

and a -grandson. Verna Beatrice Pafford I' CAMDEN Services for Mrs. Beatrice Pafford, 73, will be -at 3 p.m. today at Stockdale-Malin --Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Parker officiating.

Burial will be in Flatwood Cemetery. Mrs. Pafford, a retired restau-! rant owner, died Friday at Benton County General Hospital In Cam- den. I The widow of James Harold ford, she was a member of First United Methodist Church. i Survivors Include two daugh-I ters, Mrs.

Sandra Hubbs and Mrs. Debbie Jones, both of Camden, and three grandchildren, Alisa Wil-5 liams, Michael Hubbs and Ashley Jones, all of Camden. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Joy Hassell Clark of Federal Way, and a brother, Roland Vaughn of Sheffield. Pallbearers will be Glenn Hassell Donald Wolford, Joe Fra-zier, Jerry Townsley, Phil Hassell, J.T.

Vaughn, Peter Spring and Askew Huston. Mrs. Bessie Ann Fesmire Dyer Services for Mrs. Bessie Ann Fesmire Dyer, 92, will be at 3:30 p.m. today at Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home with the Rev.

CM. Teddington officiating. Burial will be in Beech Bluff Cemetery. Mrs. Dyer, widow of O.C.

Dyer who died in 1982, died Friday afternoon at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital after a long illness. She was born in Henderson County, daughter of the late William A. and Mrs. Polly Ann Burkett Fesmire, and attended school in Henderson County. She moved to the Beech Bluff community in 1931 and lived there until she moved to Jackson in 1977.

Mrs. Dyer was a Baptist. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mary Sue King of Jackson; two brothers, Eph Fesmire and Loyse Fesmire, both of Lexington; a sister, Mrs. Joe Wooley of Lexington; two granddaughters, Mrs.

Aubrey Vestal of Jackson and Mrs. Bobby Snider of Lexington; four great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Pallbearers will be Aubrey Vestal, Bobby Snider, Jimmy Kee, Larry Hopper, Norman Hopper and Bobby Hopper. Mrs. Lois Washburn Services for Mrs.

Lois Washburn, formerly of Jackson, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Leon Johnson and Son Funeral Home in Henderson with the Rev. Jerry Smothers officiating. Burial will be in Henderson City Cemetery. Mrs.

Washburn died Saturday afternoon at Henry County General Hospital in Paris after a long illness. She had been making her home with her nephew, Joe Van Dyke, in Paris. She was born in Hardin County as the daughter of the late Joe and Martha Harbert Mullins. She was married to John Washburn in 1924 and they lived in Henderson until 1933 when they moved to Jackson. Mr.

Washburn died in 1980. She leaves a sister, Mrs. Mildred Foy of Clarksdale, Miss. The family will receive friends after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Sherry Renee Rogers Maness LEXINGTON Services for Mrs. Sherry Renee Rogers Maness, 27, will be at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with Dr. Hoy Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Judson Cemetery with Pafford Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Maness died Friday night at Rosewood Nursing Center in Shelby County. Survivors include her mother, Mrs. McNeva Rogers of Lexington; her father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs.

Vernon Rogers of Lexington; a son, John Franklin Maness of Lexington; three sisters, Mrs. Janice Houston, Mrs. Barbara Middleton and Mrs. Sheila Scott, all of Lexington a stepsister, Ms. Kim Volner of Lexington; and two stepbrothers, Robin Bowman and Chris Bowman, both of Lexington.

Ancient words Village keeps alive language spoken during time of Christ charge. Ira C. 'Bear' Ferguson CAMDEN Services for Ira C. "Bear" Ferguson, 76, were Saturday at Liberty United Methodist Church with the Rev. Tom Cary officiating.

Burial was in Liberty Cemetery with Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Ferguson, owner-operator of Ferguson's Welding Shop, died Thursday at Benton County General Hospital. He was a member of Liberty Church. He leaves his wife, Mrs.

Edna McKelvy Ferguson; four daughters, Ms. Margaret Earley, Ms. Shelby French and Ms. Peggy Durdin, all of Camden, and Ms. Shirley Olsen of Chicago; two sis-' ters, Ms.

Mozelle Smith of Camden and Ms. Mable Jackson of Nashville; two brothers, Garvin Ferguson of Friendship and Carnell Ferguson of Hermitage, 10 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. Mrs. Mollie Seats Midgett HUMBOLDT Mrs. Mollie Seats Midgett died Saturday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital after a long illness.

Arrangements are incomplete with Mims Shaw Funeral Service In charge. would manage to survive in Maalula. In addition to the Mar Sarkis Monastery, Maalula is the home of the Greek Orthodox Convent of Ste. Tekla, and Zaroura told of a legend about the woman saint and how the village got its He said that Ste. Tekla, a student of St.

Paul, was being persecuted by her father for having converted to Christianity from paganism. She tried to flee but ran into the limestone mountain Maalula is built against. Suddenly an opening appeared in the mountain and she made her escape. Maalula means "entrance" in Aramaic; The Convent of Ste. Tekla is partly built into a cave, and Zaroura said the building dated to the first century A.D.

Water drips from the cave into a small trough, which has a cup attached to it by a small chain. "The water is said to ftave healthful properties," Zaroura. The priest said his own monastery, named for Mar Sarkis (( St. Sergius), was built In the fourth century. Mar Sarkis was a Syrian serving as a Roman soldier yvho was tortured and executediiear the erid of the third century jvhen it was learned he had secretly converted to Christianity, Zaroura said.

He added that the monastery's site was believed to be that Df a By G.G. LaBELLE MAALULA, Syria (AP) It's only about 30 miles north of bustling Damascus, but the village seems a world apart. You turn off a main highway rising through dusty, brown hills and suddenly a valley green with fields and trees spreads out before you. The valley leads to Maalula, whose houses cling to the limestone rockface so precipitously they seem almost piled atop each other. Some of the houses are stucco painted a light blue which, set among white-stucco houses and others of rough stone, give the village almost a mosaic appearance.

The oldest houses are built into caves believed inhabited by man as early at the 10th century B.C. What also makes Maalula distinct is the language the people speak. It is Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus Christ nearly 2,000 years ago. The Rev. Michel Zaroura, head of the Greek Catholic Mar Sarkis Monastery here, said that while in most places the language disappeared about 270 A.D., it how survived in Maalula.

"The village was an important religious center at the time," the priest explained in an interview. In addition to religion, there are other reasons readily apparent why the language, less guttural than the Arabic also spoken here, Diablo Canyon reactor forced to shut down SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. AP) -A malfunction in the electronic control system for the turbine-generator of the controversial Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant forced an unscheduled, automatic shutdown of the Unit 1 reactor Saturday afternoon, a spokesman said. "The malfunction occurred in the non-nuclear part of the plant," Pacific Gas Electric spokesman Ron Weinberg said. Diablo Canyon has been going through full-power testing and was operating at 30 percent capacity, supplying 300,000 kildwatts of power enough to serve 300,000 people.

Elijah Long Elijah Long died Saturday night at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Arrangements are Incomplete with Stephenson and Shaw Funeral Home in charge- pagan temple. r..